Severstal: Digital Infrastructure Project Management System

Main article: SCM (Supply Chain Management) - Supply Chain Management (Inventory Management)

2024: Introduction of a digital system for infrastructure project management

Severstal is building a digital ecosystem for customers. It will also include IT solutions and services for managing project supplies during the construction of oil and gas infrastructure facilities. Denis Ermilov, director of major infrastructure projects at Severstal, spoke about the development on April 17, 2024.

The solution will allow efficient management supply chains and transparency of shipments at all stages. The customer will be able to find out in real time at what stage of production his order is. Also, in order to speed up the exchange information , a report designer and an electronic document archive will be available. The presence of a single infrastructure will speed up exchange processes, data significantly increase planning accuracy and, as a result, reduce project implementation costs. The solution will be tested with key oil customers. gas industries Under the plans, the company's development will be available to customers in 2025.

We have been working for several years as a comprehensive integrating supplier for oil and gas projects and have a good understanding of the needs of the industry. At the same time, together with the number of projects in implementation, the number of nomenclature of our products and solutions that are used in them has also increased. To improve the efficiency of the supply management process, we decided to develop a specialized software product that involves a single project infrastructure for us, our customers and partners. Severstal regularly expands its portfolio of products and services to offer the most relevant and effective solutions to oil and gas and other industries, "said Denis Ermilov, Director of Major Infrastructure Projects at Severstal.

One of the components of the ecosystem will be the solution from the startup "MasterFab." It will combine supply chain management software and object-oriented models of steel structures, as well as a number of other functions. The customer will be able to use the 3D visual interface to find out the details of the current status of the components planned for shipment.

Severstal implements a comprehensive model for the supply of metal products and related services as part of infrastructure projects. The company's specialists are involved in the work at the earliest stages: together with the customer and designers, they participate in the development of technical solutions based on metal products in order to reduce metal consumption, increase the strength of structures, reduce the time for work and optimize the budget through innovative solutions. For each project, an individual portfolio is assembled that covers the client's needs for metal products, which includes both classic product groups, such as pipe products, long products, metal structures, sheets, and a wide range of products made with the help of processing partners.